Religion in the Eyes of an Atheist

Here is an exclusive look into Botton's atheistic beliefs through his eyes and how he perceives key situations of life.

Beliefs

"Early Christianity was itself highly adept at appropriating the good ideas of others, aggressively subsuming countless pagan practices which modern atheists now tend to avoid in the mistaken belief that they are indelibly Christian. The new faith took over celebrations of midwinter and repackaged them as Christmas. It absorbed the Epicurean ideal of living together in a philosophical community and turned it into what we now know as monasticism."